Linux Quickstart

To create your website or application on a Linux instance, you can choose a Linux
Amazon Machine Image (AMI) and install an Apache web server on it. For more information,
see Tutorial: Installing a LAMP Web Server
on Amazon Linux in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances.

Windows Quickstart

To acquire a Microsoft Windows server on which you can install your website or
application, choose a Windows Server AMI that comes bundled with a Microsoft Internet
Information Services (IIS) web server. Then use the default website or create a new one.